Re: [gentoo-dev] net-dns/dnssec-root: Blind stable on arm, critical bug 667774

[Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>]

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On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:05 PM Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>
wrote:

> On 2018-10-11 17:45, Corentin “Nado” Pazdera wrote:
> > What's a "blind stable"? I'm guessing stabilizing without testing? If
> > yes, why?
>
> Yes, stabilized without testing.
>
> Reason: No ARM arch team member with access to an ARM box was available
> for the last ~7 days.
>
> However, this update is critical for anyone using something like
> net-dns/unbound with DNSSEC validation enabled (which isn't enabled by
> default but you are encourage to switch this on).
>

I think the narrative around this being a major issue is tougher when its
not broken by default. This doesn't meant its a great outcome, but I'm not
convinced its sufficient to downgrade the arch. I'm also curious why you
are airing this here rather than talking to the arm team directly.

-A


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